and this isnād consists of narrators who are reliable according to the standards of the two Shaykhs [al-Bukhārī and Muslim], except for Jisr, who is Ibn Furqad, and he is weak due to his poor memory. The statements of the scholars differ regarding his weakness, and perhaps the most balanced opinion is that of Abū Ḥātim: "He is not strong, but he was a righteous man." A similar statement is made by al-Bukhārī in "al-Tārīkh" (1/1/246): "He is not that strong." Al-Dhahabī alluded to what I mentioned in "al-Mīzān," as he narrated a ḥadīth for him regarding the Greatest Name of Allāh, and he commented on it by saying: "This is almost fabricated, and Jisr cannot bear it." Al-Ḥāfiẓ agreed with him. I said: Therefore, he can be used for supporting evidence and strengthened by others, contrary to what some contemporaries who have not mastered this field have denied, for he has been followed up. Abū ʿUbaydah al-Ḥaddād said: Muḥtasib ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān narrated to us from Thābit al-Bunānī with it, and his wording is: "When will I meet my brothers?" They said: O Messenger of Allāh! Are we not your brothers? He said, and he mentioned it. It was narrated by Abū Yaʿlá in "his Musnad" (6/118) and from him by Ibn ʿAdī (6/2457) and al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Awsaṭ" (2/39/5624) and he said: "No one narrated it from Thābit except al-Muḥtasib."